1. أَرِقتُ وَلَم أَملِك لِهَذا الهَوى رَدّا

    وَأَورَثَني حُبّي وَكِتمانُهُ جَهدا

    I lay sleepless, unable to resist this love,

    and my love and its concealment have brought me suffering.

  2. كَتَمتُ الهَوى حَتّى بَراني وَشَفَّني

    وَعَزَّيتُ قَلباً لا صَبوراً وَلا جَلدا

    I concealed love until it wore me down and wasted me away,

    and consoled a heart neither patient nor steadfast.

  3. إِذا قُلتُ لا تَهلِك أَسىً وَصَبابَةً

    عَصاني وَإِن عاتَبتُهُ زِدتُهُ جِدّا

    Whenever I said, 'Do not perish of sorrow and yearning,'

    it defied me; and if I reproached it, I increased its ardor.

  4. وَإِنّي لَأَهواها وَأَصرِفُ جاهِداً

    حِذارَ عُيونِ الناسِ عَن بَيتِها عَمدا

    And indeed I love her, yet I struggle to turn away

    from her house deliberately, for fear of people's eyes.

  5. رَأَيتُكِ يَوماً فَاِقتَبَستُ حَرارَةً

    فَيا لَيتَها كانَت عَلى كَبِدي بَردا

    I saw you one day and caught a burning heat—

    ah, if only it had been coolness upon my liver!

  6. هَويتُكِ وَاِستَحلَتكِ نَفسي فَأَقبِلي

    وَلا تَجعَلي تَقريبَنا مِنكُمُ بُعدا

    I loved you, and my soul found you sweet—so come,

    and do not turn our nearness to you into distance.